----- Original Message ----- From: byk@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Batya's bagrut comments All I can say, as a teacher who runs a private buisness for coaching English is: Yes Batya! Yes Batya! ! Yes! Yes! Yes! Despite the fact that most of my students are way above average, I find myself having to waste time coaching them on the mechanics of how to deal with the bagrut questions, ( which are frequently tricky), and how deal with the project to the satisfaction of he bagrut requirements. Enoough already! Lets get back to treaching English! There is tons to be done, even with the very brightest and most accomplished English speakers. Frankly, I believe the English teachers should start a separate stike of their own; they work three times as hard as any other teacher. I am not belittleing the work of other teachers, but English teachers have to teach, in a FOREIGN language what hasn't been taught in language one. Not to mention the fact that, even in the exclusive catachment area I teach in, one has to remind them that Paris is not in New York, and that they should know where Raanana is, even if expecting them to know where Yeroham is. is asking too much. And I'm talking about high school students. Come on, everybody. Lets face it. Education in this country stinks, not because of the teachers, but because of the curriculum. Goodnight. Jennifer ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - www.etni.org ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------